Part 7
Maggie and Jennifer sit on a bench at the beach as the sun sets into the ocean. The two of them remain silent for a while as they stare at the orb in the sky and its reflection on the water.
"You mind if I ask you something about the case Jennifer?" Maggie requests.
Jennifer gives Maggie a pleasant look, "Not at all."
"I remember back on Tuesday you gave the media a description of this stalker. How did you guys come to those conclusions? I thought your team didn't have much evidence on this guy? I'm particularly curious on how his age was figured out."
Jennifer gives her companion a look that she's actually thinking of an explanation. "I wasn't among the people who came to those conclusions, but from my understanding, they basically guessed it."
"It was a guess?" questions Maggie.
"Well from working in the BAU I know over 90 percent of our unsubs tend to be single males in their late 20s to early 40s, we just kept the age range broad enough," Jennifer explains. "As for the rest of it, it was the typical features of an erotomaniac stalker. The type the team believes this guy is."
"So you guys were pretty much just playing with the odds?" asserts Maggie.
"Pretty much," confirms Jennifer.
"You guys found anything else about him since then?"
"Only that he's been quiet lately," the blond agent answers. "It's rather particular that the unsub is acting like this."
Maggie nods then decides to change the subject, "So you never saw a sunset before?"
Jennifer smirks at the question, "Never on a beach before and Lila's show gave me the idea."
They return to quietly gazing at the sunset. This particular moment gave Maggie an idea too. She turns to stare at Jennifer again and her feelings are telling her to get closer to the blonde. Maggie decides to move next to Jennifer until they are physically touching. She doesn't seem to mind, so Maggie then places one of her arms around the agent's waist and hugs her a bit. Jennifer then leans into Maggie and hugs her as well.
Something else Maggie didn't notice at first is that her mind is calm every time she spends time with Jennifer. No nagging thoughts, no sudden urges. Not the mindset she was used to in recent memory. It was probably the reason Maggie found herself anxious to have nights out like this despite the rational part of her brain telling her not to do anything she'll regret. That's one way to keep a killer instinct at bay.
After the sky became completely dark, Jennifer requested to spend their night checking out the Hollywood sign. The two of them drive up the top of the hill in the agent's SUV. They stop in the closest area Maggie can think of to park. The two blondes step out of the vehicle and look up at the sign.
"There it is Jennifer. You want to look at it from here or go all the way?"
"Since I'm here, might as well go all the way," the agent answers.
"Well it can be a pretty hazardous trail. You want to take the trails or simply climb uphill to the sign?"
"Rather be safe than sorry."
"In that case I know which way to go. There are many trails and first timers tend to get lost."
"Lead the way." Jennifer looks away from the sign and notices other cars nearby, "There appears to be other people here too."
"Most likely couples on dates, or pranksters. If it's the latter, just flash your badge and they'll run off."
Jennifer looks back at Maggie, "Lead the way."
When they get to the sign, the two blondes sit back to look at the wondrous view of the city. "Wow. So this is how it feels like to be up here at night," the agent admires as the cool night air blows against her.
"Well being up here is famous for a reason." Maggie leans in towards the agent and holds her again, "Careful not to fall off. That's quite a steep hill below."
"Don't worry I'm not going to do anything stupid."
After a while the two of them head back down below to their car. "I'm wondering Maggie, do you know where couples usually hang out when they're here?" Jennifer asks.
"Could be a number of places. Some of them go up to the sign. Others go somewhere to get a good view of the city." Maggie sees something written on a tree nearby, "Take a look at that?"
Jennifer turns the direction her friend was facing, "Where?"
Maggie walks towards the tree, "Some lovers wrote their names on a tree over there."
"Oh I see it now," the blond agent follows Maggie to the tree. A heart with two people's names inside is carved onto the tree.
"Just like in the movies. Ben and Jen." Jennifer begins to giggle, "Do you think it might have been Ben Affleck and one of the Jennifer's?"
"Could be. You know what would be fun?"
"What's that?"
"If we carved our names on one of these trees too for the hell of it."
Jennifer leans against the tree, "I don't have a knife on me."
"Me neither." A thought popped into Maggie's mind, "I know something else that they also do in the movies with a tree that we can do right now?"
"That would be..."
Maggie puts a leather gloved hand against the tree trunk. The other hand went up and both women find themselves face to face with Jennifer's head in between Maggie's arms.
"The press someone up against a tree and corner them into kissing you routine?" ask Jennifer.
Maggie grins, "Yeah."
Both of them look at one another sheepishly. Maggie leans in a bit more and the distance between them gets smaller. Both of them knew what is happening, yet neither of them are asking to stop. Maggie still finds herself hesitant, uncertain if she should actually perform the act. Maggie knows this is a line she might not want to cross, but her heart is telling her to do so.
Then Maggie thinks she heard the other blonde whisper to her, "Go for it."
That was the inspiration she needed. Maggie leans in and presses her lips against Jennifer's and starts kissing her. At first it appeared as if Maggie was doing the all the work, but soon Jennifer began kissing back. Maggie smirks then returns to the kiss.
Both women are so engrossed that neither of them realize a woman has stepped out from behind the trees and shrubs and is about to bump into them. She came with her boyfriend and the two of them decided to play a game of hide and seek. She's the one hiding, and is facing the other way where she last saw her boyfriend, unaware that Jennifer and Maggie are nearby.
The woman starts giggling. That's when Maggie heard and broke the kiss. The two of them look at the woman who's slowly walking backwards towards them. Maggie leans off Jennifer and the two of them quietly watch her, curious to see how far she'll get before she realizes they're there. Sure enough it's not until she's inches away from Maggie that the woman finally turns around. Her shoulder bumps into Maggie. The physical contact spooks her out and she lets out a scream. The blonde quickly grabs the woman and clamps a hand over her mouth.
Maggie looks at the woman, "Shhh... don't be afraid." The woman begins to retain her composure.
Maggie looks at Jennifer, "You think anyone heard that?" The agent raises her shoulders in an uncertain expression. Maggie focuses her attention back on the woman, "You calm now?"
The woman nods and Maggie releases her. She turns around to get a better look at the two blondes. "Sorry about that. I didn't get a good look at you two and thought you gals were rapists."
"Should watch where you're going more. Especially in a secluded place like this you shouldn't be outside alone."
"Oh I'm not, I'm here..." she was cut off by a male voice.
"Found you Carol," her boyfriend comes out of the same area Carol just been through. "Made some new friends during the game I see."
"Oh hey Dan. I accidentally stumbled into these two women."
Jennifer gives a small wave to Dan, "Hello."
"Hello," he walks to Carol. "My girlfriend and I sometimes play hide and seek when we're on dates."
"I see," Maggie looks at them with a straight face. "I think my friend and I should be getting back to our car now."
"Yeah I think the two of us should be doing the same," Carol responds. "Come on Dan."
"Nice meeting you two," Maggie waves to them.
"You too," Carol says as she and her boyfriend start walking off.
The two blondes climb inside the SUV. Maggie lets out a sigh, "Let's see if we can pick up where we left off."
Maggie puts one hand on Jennifer's shoulder and moves closer to the blond agent again. She kisses the other woman's lips tenderly. Jennifer pulls back a bit shortly after, "Wait... ah let me turn on some music first."
She flips on the radio. "You're listening to KCW 104.5 fm. Here's a 80s hit from Jackson Browne for you listeners." The music starts and the two women continue.
Well, just - a look at that girl with the lights comin' up in her eyes.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She must be somebody's baby.
All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by.
Jennifer runs her fingers through Maggie's golden strands, eventually resting them on the woman's neck. "Where have I heard this song from? It sounds familiar," the agent asks.
"Ever seen Fast Times in Ridgemont High?" Maggie answers.
"Oh right. It was during Jennifer Jason Leigh's date. What a coincidence."
Jennifer leans back in and continues on. As her right hand holds onto the back of Maggie's neck, her left hand is making its way under the blonde's shirt. Her skin was as lovely to touch as Jennifer had imagined.
She's so fine.
She's probably somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, all right.
Maggie takes off her gloves and unzips Jennifer's pants. She slowly eases in her hand and delves deep enough to feel the skin on Jennifer's leg. She then slowly pulls it back up, feeling the agent's panties along the way. That's when Jennifer can feel the other woman's hand moving its way past the waist band of her underwear and into her sensitive area.
The blonde agent pulled away at that moment, "Wait, wait." She takes in some deep breaths, "I don't want my first time with you to be in a SUV."
"Then let's go somewhere you prefer."
"You want to go to the hotel room I'm staying at?"
A thought occurs to Maggie, "What do you say to a place that's nicer than a hotel, with a pool, view overlooking the city and a lovely large bed to sleep on?"
"Sounds like Lila's place," the agent answers.
"That's because it is Lila's place," Maggie replies.
Jennifer smiles, "What - do you have the keys?"
"As a matter of fact..." Maggie goes into her pockets and pulls out her set of keys. She holds up the ones to Lila's home, "I do."